Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.
是种族问题 但看了电影还是不知道你在讲什么
女主最后杀那个疯子的时候，一定要让对方死透的气势很不错，希望其他恐怖片主角们学一学
阶级和肤色的斗争被装进皮肤变成蜂巢的模样，除了恶心看不出任何的美。一个故事讲成这样我也是没什么想说的了，有逻辑吗？召唤无国际，杀人无差别，你跟我说其实是保护神？闭嘴吧你。
片头的镜像和片中穿插的各种皮影都很有新意。没想到新版居然是个讲传承的故事😳哪里有受白人压迫的黑人 哪里就有崛起的正义糖果人～男主真的惨 从老版就被盯上了 难逃宿命 有一说一那个全身蜂巢的妆真的可以😖
urban legend + black lives matter？
6.5 现代艺术与蜂巢群居的部分没能得到很好的展现，又不愿局限于典型的种族斗争而将幕后黑手设置为同类，以至于整个议题显得太杂而缺少提炼，实际仅需一句颤抖中的“tell everyone”就足以站点一切的苦痛和迫害，将罪恶公之于世。
[视][19.12.23想看]微血。黑人社区，都市传说，艺术家，滑盖指甲，断手梗，蜂窝人。黑蝠鲼主演，“光谱”泰柔娜·派丽丝9.22生快
虽然很…但是吧…那几个动画比真人有意思多了……
太平铺直叙了，看到最后毫无代入感，不是我喜欢的类型。
跟92版没得比，导演是给apple拍广告的么？
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candyman
男主的皮肤到最后太恶心了，老子还正在吃饭，妈的……也不知道自己记的对不对，好像这个导演的片子/世界里只有黑人和白人，黄种人几乎不存在。这也是一种现实吧。
剧情乱七八糟，还拍的苦大仇深的，里面就没有一个正常人，为了zzzq显得黑人如此脆弱似的，而且故事本身一些地方真的是没看懂，包括男主的身世和糖果人的关系，还有最后那个小时候看见糖果人的老大叔为什么绑架男主，男主为什么最后变成糖果人好像都没交代明确，看的是很懵逼，还有那一对txl出现的意义是什么？！还是为了zzzq么？看完以后真的非常后悔看了这部恐怖烂片，应该就是为了讨好黑人拍的吧。
还整出皮影戏了-_-.套路的故事配合19年的事件,恐怖气氛差了些,虽说是制裁恶人,但恶人的恶行描述过少,一味的召唤+杀戮了.凑合吧5分
元素用的相当好，在当代背景下，用现代艺术界和精英价值观来重新审视与解构都市传说，蜂巢与城市的对应也很妙。和天鹅绒圆锯一样展现了一种击破傲慢的“高雅”虐杀。因为内核太饱满，反而缺乏点让人兴奋的惊悚片要素了。
恐怖片血浆片想拍就好好拍，没必要整这么多zz隐喻，搞得很复杂，很沉重，所以这就是为什么黑人一直没法提升自己的地位，他们想到的摆脱白人统治的方法就是暴力屠杀的恶灵，把candyman拍的有些正义就很可怕。不过电影的一些血浆还是很不错的，最后蜜蜂环绕的感觉也很棒。
其实各种主角设定都可以，为何非得整什么艺术家，尤其是演得不怎么像的黑人艺术家，看着很出戏。
这很芝加哥
所以是借都市传说来过于“直白并单纯”地控诉种族歧视……看得那叫一个尴尬……
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